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hors de combat
[ awr duh kawn-ba ]
adverb
, French.
- out of the fight; disabled; no longer able to fight.
hors de combat
/ ɔr də kɔ̃ba /
adjective
- disabled or injured
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hors de combat1
literally: out of (the) fight
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Example Sentences
There is reason to believe they lost about twelve men killed, thirty-five wounded, and thirty-two horses hors de combat.
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I wouldn't have troubled you to send for me, only the tandem's hors de combat.
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Two thousand six hundred men are hors de combat; and the chivalrous Potty is himself seriously hurt.
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Fully one third of the troops which had paraded at dawn in full confidence of success were now hors-de-combat.
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The man stepped forward, but Tempest was too quick for him, and a well-aimed thrust with the sword placed the man hors de combat.
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